Tuesday, October 23, 2018

His
first professional TV job came when he was hired to direct one of the segments
for the 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery, written by Rod Serling and
starring Joan Crawford. Crawford, however, was "speechless, and then
horrified" at the thought of a twenty-one-year-old newcomer directing her,
one of Hollywood's leading stars. "Why was this happening to me?" she
asked the producer. !!- more than
changing the attitude, the man made little child ‘Oliwia Dabrowska’ – turn a
legend some 25 years ago !! ~ and this post has something on Cocanada (Circar area) cinema road
theatre ‘Satyagouri’ [Sachhyagowri !] ~ the typewriter naturally attracted this
typist !

The Sugarland
Express, in 1974 crime drama film was co-written and directed by Steven Spielberg in
his theatrical feature directorial debut. It was about a husband and wife trying to outrun the
law and was based on a real-life incident. The event partially took place, the
story is partially set, and the movie was partially filmed in Sugar Land, Texas.

The famous man - Steven
Allan Spielberg KBE OMRI is a legendary filmmaker. He is considered one of the
founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular
directors and producers in film history.After gaining traction in Hollywood with directing television and
several minor theatrical releases, Spielberg became a household name as the
director of Jaws (1975), which was critically and commercially successful, and
is considered the first summer blockbuster. His subsequent releases focused typically on
science fiction and adventure films, with Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977), the Indiana Jones series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and the
Jurassic Park series seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist film making.Spielberg co-founded Amblin Entertainment and
DreamWorks Studios, where he has also served as a producer for several
successful films, including the Back to the Future, Men in Black, and
Transformers series. Some of his movies are also among the highest-grossing
movies of all-time, while his total work, unadjusted for ticket-price
inflation, makes him the highest-grossing film director in history.

The three-time
Academy Award winner scored his best box office tally in two decades with
'Ready Player One,' a sci-fi romp that grossed $582 million. Today, a slice of the cash from every ticket
at Universal theme parks goes directly into Spielberg's pocket thanks to
blockbuster hits like 'E.T.'The man is
in news – for his upcoming film
adaptation of West Side Story—the classic musical about rival street gangs in
1950s New York City—has found its male lead, Ansel Elgort, and is on track for
a summer production start. Still, the Oscar winner isn’t quite ready to discuss
the remake publicly.

“I don’t like to
talk about things when I’m in the process. I’m still discovering things as I am
working on the film. But I think it’s going to be special,” said Spielberg at
the Arthur Miller Foundation Honors in New York, where he turned out to support
West Side Story screenwriter Tony Kushner—recipient of the foundation’s
humanitarian award. But unlike his collaborator, Kushner had plenty to say
about the forthcoming movie. The playwright said that the new adaptation will
not be an exact retelling of Robert Wise’s iconic 1961 film, instead,
Spielberg’s version will turn back to the original 1957 Broadway musical
written by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim.Some critics are
against the idea of remaking West Side Story, arguing that the beloved original
film—which won 10 Oscars, including best picture—should be left alone. Kushner,
of course, disagrees. “Our version is not meant to wipe out the original film,
which is a masterpiece. It’s just meant to be a new interpretation,” he said.

In
good olden days of 1970s, people would stand in the line in long queues, before
the film was released for buying a Rs.2.90 ticket at Devi Paradise !Of the many Cinema halls in Cinema Road in
Kakinada in East Godavari district, Satyagowri (written as Satyagouri mahal on
its façade) was perhaps unique.In 1990s it used to screen only English
movies – the specialty was they would issue only one ticket to the person
standing in the queue, all had to stand in the queue and those who stood within
the marked line, were sure of getting a ticket ! – it had good music system
inside – understand that this theatre stands renovated in 2008, has
increasedcapacity and now screens
Telegu movies as well – understand that this theatre after
renovation in 2008, it has capacity of 696 and now screens Telegu movies
as well.I
remember seeing this movie there – on day 1 – there were not many and more than
half moved out fast in a few minutes as they could see more of a typewriter and
letter only as someone leaving the hall remarked that after 20 minutes, the
film is yet to begin !!

Oliwia Dabrowska,
the polish actress who played Red Genia — otherwise known as the little girl in
the red coat — became an instant celebrity.Perhaps the most moving image in
Steven Spielberg's epic Schindler's List is the little girl in the red coat,
one of only four color images in the three-hour black and white film. Our
attention is drawn to the little blonde tot, overlooked by the Nazi troops, who
wanders alone amid the horror and panic. She is wearing a red coat which draws
the viewer to her even when she is but one of a hundred people in a wide shot.

The movie ‘Schindler’s List’ was based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas
Keneally, an Australian novelist,released in 1993 -directed and
co-produced by Steven Spielberg and scripted by Steven Zaillian.It was a film based on the life of Oskar
Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand
mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his
factories. It starred Liam Neeson as Schindler.Reportedly, Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the Schindlerjuden (Schindler
Jews), made it his life's mission to tell the story of Schindler. Spielberg
became interested in the story when executive Sid Sheinberg sent him a book
review of Schindler's Ark.

Schindler’s List
perhaps was a turning point for Steven
Spielberg. As the movie turns 25 this year, some hold that the World started
looking at Spielberg with more awe and regard.The Academy Awards has often had a love/hate relationship with Steven
Spielberg. On one hand, he made a lot of money for the industry. Jaws, Raiders
of the Lost Ark, and E.T. were all nominated for Best Picture. However, a
combination of jealousy and snobbery meant that several members of the Academy
dismissed his early work as too sentimental, too crowd-pleasing to be important
art.

Interesting
!~perhaps now (this juncture in life) is more suited to see and understand
that masterpiece of Spielberg – ‘the Schindler’s list’.